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Insys exec allegedly gave lap dance to doctor while pushing deadly opioid
A former regional sales director for Insys Therapeutics allegedly gave a lap dance to a doctor as the company was pushing him to prescribe its deadly opioid painkiller to patients. That's according to multiple reports of testimony given Tuesday from a former Insys colleague in a federal court in Boston.
The testimony is part of a federal racketeering trial getting underway this week against Insys founder John Kapoor and four former executives, including the sales director, Sunrise Lee. Federal prosecutors allege that the Insys executives used bribes and kickbacks to get doctors to prescribe the company's powerful and addictive fentanyl spray, called Subsys—which was intended only for cancer patients experiencing pain that's not alleviated by other medications (aka "breakthrough pain"). The former executives are also accused of misleading and defrauding health insurance companies that ended up covering the drug for patients who did not need it. A congressional investigation in 2017 concluded that Insys sales representatives bluntly lied and tricked insurers to do that—and the investigators released the tapes to prove it.
Previously: Opioid Crisis Official; Insys Therapeutics Billionaire Founder Charged; Walgreens Stocks Narcan
The More Opioids Doctors Prescribe, the More Money They Make
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday February 01 2019, @06:51AM (2 children)
However, I never did think to ask her why she never suggested Ritalin. I'll drop her a dime to ask why.
My blood pressure is arguably quite a lot higher due to my Difficulty With Task Initiation than would be the case with the 10 mg of Adderall I take twice daily.
To actually get high with Adderall takes about 80 mg.
Note that Methamphetamine - yes, the stuff that Crystal Meth is made out of - is licensed by the FDA for ADHD. It's brand name is Desoxyn.
Very disturbing just now when I looked up that brand name is that it's also approved for weight loss. A _modestly_ overweight woman I once knew was in tears due to having visited a highly-regarded weight loss "doctor", found a fast red convertible parked in front of his office then after a five minute chat with no medical history questions nor any actual examination was prescribed "stimulants".
Doubtlessly Desoxyn.
To lose weight with Meth you'd have to take quite a lot. I never notice any effects from Adderall other than being able to read at length as well as to set into my work within minutes of getting to the office.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 01 2019, @08:04PM (1 child)
"I'll drop her a dime to ask why."
Errr, you have to supply drugs for simple questions and answers??
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 02 2019, @01:54PM
Archaic reference to making a phone call, back when pay phones (also gone now) took 10 cents to make a call.
I hope you were joking. If so, it's a lame joke.